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Hey everyone,

Well, my cabaret with Steven Heisler went really well and was very fun.  Many, many thanks to Sarah Richardson, Josh Kogon, and Peter Ferguson for helping myself and Steve with the show. Also, thanks to Jim Petrie for putting us in the Petrie’s Halifax Feast Cabaret Series.

So, I’m involved in a few more upcoming events which I shall plug in this email:

- Hansel and Gretel is being performed by Maritime Concert Opera.  I was the rehearsal accompanist for the children’s chorus.  They performed in Liverpool the other day, and will be at St. Andrew’s United in Halifax on Friday evening and at the Pearl Theatre in Lunenburg on Saturday evening.  More details here: http://maritimeconcertopera.com/wordpress/

- I’ll be playing a number (“In Dreams” from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) in Phantoms of the Pipes XII at Fort Massey United Church in Halifax on Friday, October 30th.  More details at the end of this email.

- I’ll be accompanying Jim Petrie in his cabaret at the Halifax Feast on November 3rd.  Jim is the owner/operator/artistic director of the Halifax Feast and will be drawing on other talented Feast cast and alumni for duets and musical backup; it is sure to be a great show. Details here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152026623652

- Finally, November 17th I will be performing original material of my own and my dad’s at the Lunenburg Sessions’ Songwriters’ Circle. (More on this to follow in a November email.)

Hope your Fall is going well.  Happy Halloween!

Cheers,
Gus
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PHANTOMS OF THE PIPES XII – The RCCO is presenting an evening of wild and wonderful organ music for the season interspersed with vocal and instrumental pieces and amusing skits that are sure to entertain. Proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund encouraging young piano students to study the organ. Come in costume if you like. Guests include the St. Margaret’s Bay Boys Choir. MC: Dr. Walter H. Kemp. Friday, October 30, 2009 – 7:30 p.m. Fort Massey United Church, corner Queen and Tobin in downtown Halifax.  Admission: $5 & $2

Hey all,

I’m back from an awesome rehearsal with Steve, and we’ve got the band back together!  So, I just wanted to send a quick reminder that our show is on 7pm tonight (Tuesday!) at the Halifax Feast, corner of Barrington & Salter (in the Maritime Center attached to the giant Aliant building), only $10!  Be there or be square! (The kids still say that, right?)

Excelsior,
Gus
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Gus & Steve! Photo by Peter Ferguson

Hey everybody,

I hope everyone had a good summer, and is having a good start to the fall.  My entrepreneurial pursuits in technology and music are going well, and of course with fall and the start of school comes the start of piano lessons, for which I am fortunate in having a number of bright piano students to teach.

So, last email I wrote about the show I was doing in May at the Halifax Feast, Menopositive: The Musical.  It had a great run, and now
I am heavily involved with accompanying (and even headlining in one case!) in the Halifax Feast Cabaret Series.  Starting tomorrow, for the next five Tuesdays at 7pm there will be a one-night-only cabaret show.  Unlike the normal dinner theatre, these are cabaret style, so there will not be food but the bar will still be open.

The series starts tomorrow, October 6th, with “Celebrating Kim”, a memorial and fundraiser featuring a variety of talent, some of whom I’ll be accompanying in addition to performing a number myself.  The proceeds go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. “Kim Jenkins was my musical director and a well-loved performer at The Feast” notes Feast owner Jim Petrie. “It was her cabaret ‘Out Here on My Own’ back in 1994 that started the cabaret series”.

October 13th brings Sarah Richardson’s “Soul and Sass”.  It’s going to be a great show, and as the piano accompanist, I should know. The rest of the pit band includes Josh Kogon on guitar/bass and Steven Heisler on drums.  The show also features guest performer Cadance Macmichael (Miss C of Pink Velvet Burlesque).  ”There’s something for everyone! A little brassiness, a little brashiness, a little broadway, and even a little burlesque!”

October 20th “The Adventure Continues” with myself and my friend Steve Heisler.  We have a lot of fun numbers planned.  I can’t speak for others, but there’s numbers we’ll be performing that I haven’t seen anyone try to do live before.  I’ll also be world premiering a couple of original songs! “When last we saw our intrepid performers, they were battling doldrums at a rural Nova Scotian university. Now, they have hit the city, ready to bring their own brand of music, comedy, and justice* to the streets**. Fun and adventure for all ages!”
*The show may not include justice.
**The show will be in a building.

October 27th is tenor Derrick Paul Miller’s show. I’m not involved in this one, but I’ll be in the audience so I can get my perfect attendance record.

Finally, November 3rd is “The Winner Takes It All” with Feast owner/operator/artistic director Jim Petrie himself.  Once again I am the piano accompanist, and Jim has a fantastic program planned with which to finish the series.

So, that is what I’m up to these days.  Hope you’re all well, and hope to see you at some shows if you can make it out.  Facebook event links follow.  You can reserve tickets by calling the Feast at 420-1840.

Cheers,
Gus
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Facebook Event pages for the shows:

Kim’s Cabaret
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137840873110

Soul & Sass
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125536728891

The Adventure Continues (Mine!)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139492433829

Derrick Paul Miller
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140818748292

The Winner Takes It All
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152026623652